Mookie Wilson insists he would've beaten Bill Buckner to first in '86 World Series

New York Mets legend Mookie Wilson is standing by his belief that he would've beaten Bill Buckner of the Boston Red Sox to first base in Game 6 of the 1986 World Series. 

"Bill and I had this conversation many times, many times we had talked about it," Wilson said during an appearance on the "Damon Amendolara’s New York Accent" podcast, as mentioned by Ryan Gilbert of Audacy. "And we actually sat there and watched the game together and dissected the whole inning, Bill and I.

"We both agreed that even if he catches the ball, he said, 'I don’t think I’d beat you to the bag even if I catch the ball,' because of the momentum and the way he was so far off the line, he’s going away and back. At the moment, the pitcher’s out of play. The pitcher’s got no chance, which is another conversation you can have a lot about." 

After Kevin Mitchell of the Mets scored on a wild pitch to tie the game at 5-5 in the bottom of the tenth inning, Wilson famously hit a "little roller up along first" toward Buckner, who was often substituted for a better defensive player but wasn't on that fateful night. Buckner failed to cleanly field the ball, perhaps due to seeing the speedy Wilson sprinting toward first, and the Mets won the contest and then defeated the Red Sox in Game 7: